I bit the bullet, deleted Norton Systemworks 2.0 from my system, as it does not (regardless of what Symantec says) work well with 10.2.6; erased my hard drive (after backing up stuff, of course; and re-installed everything from scratch (except Norton.) Then, all the updates to everything. Almost a day-long job. I'm now running Limewire 2.9.11 Pro and am having success with both up and downloads. I'm convinced Norton fudged up my OS X system and that was the culprit. I've got a copy of DW 3.0 ordered and will use Norton Anti-virus 9.0 (new and native) for anti-virus protection. My intuitive sense tells me that was what the problem was. Also, as an aside, I joined .Mac (as that is the only means to get the newest and native Virex (7.2.x)) and was that ever a mistake! McAfee and Apple have a "letter of agreement" so one cannot purchase Virex 7.2 without going through .Mac. As always, it remains about $$$$. Anywho, now, all's well. Thank you for your suggestions, insights, feedback, and assistance in this matter. I am very grateful for access to a great pool of knowledge . . thanks everyone!